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ABS introduces a series of service kits for process pumps containing genuine OEM spares that ensure a reliable and trouble-free operation.

As part of its long term commitment to improve environmental awareness and to take specific action to help customers minimise the impact of their activities on the environment, Wilo Salmson has published a new Rainwater Technology Handbook.

HOUSTON, Aug 14, 2002 — National-Oilwell, Inc. (NYSE:NOI) today announced that Robert E. Beauchamp, President and Chief Executive Officer of BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE:BMC), has been appointed to National Oilwell’s board of directors. Mr. Beauchamp fills a vacancy on the board, and his term will expire at the 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.

DALLAS, Aug 14, 2002 — Flowserve Corp. (NYSE:FLS) today confirmed that the company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer today provided to the SEC their personal fully compliant certifications covering Flowserve’s financial reports filed with the SEC in 2002.

Invoiced sales amounted to 165 MEUR (145), which adjusted for the effects of exchange rate movements is a rise of 14 percent. Company acquisitions account for 8 percentage points of this figure. Operating earnings rose to 9.1 MEUR (8.0).

Based on the Group’s Mission, Vision and Company Values Grundfos has established a policy, which covers the entire Group concerning its social responsibility (Corporate Social Responsibility) and which describes the Group’s relations with its employees, local community, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.

Dresden, Germany, 2002-08-14 – The headquarter of VSX – VOGEL SOFTWARE, a leading provider of software and Internet solutions for the pump industry, is closed today because the flood disaster in Dresden.

Anti-corrosion coating and engineering specialists Corrocoat have been awarded a contract worth £360,000 to provide corrosion protection and fluid efficiency systems for the concrete volute pumps, vertical turbine pumps and associated pipework making up the world’s largest irrigation and pumping scheme in Gujarat State, India.

A new series of small state-of-the-art liquid pumps providing high capacity, high endurance and low noise for OEM and retrofit use in fluid power systems has been introduced by Haskel International. Available with 1″ or 2″ stroke, the economical HLP3 pumps are designed for fluid power applications requiring economy and durability.

From 1 January 2003 Process Director Lars Aagaard will take over Poul Vesterbæk’s position as CEO of Grundfos A/S.